Good Morning, Oscar: October 20

In this morning’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, other awards shows chime in, “Nine” rehearses and “Wild Things” get a presidential review.

The Gotham Independent Film Awards announced its nominees on Monday. “The Hurt Locker” and “Big Fan” received three nominations each (out of six categories), competing in the Best Feature category with “Amreeka,” “The Maid” and “A Serious Man.” Best Documentary nods went to “Food, Inc.,” “Good Hair,” “My Neighbor My Killer,” “Paradise” and “Tyson.” Presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the awards aren’t as high-profile or star-studded as the indie awards handed out on the west coast, the Independent Spirit Awards – but the Gotham Awards come much earlier in the awards calendar, which means they could give a minor boost to the profile of some of the docs, and to Oscar contenders like “A Single Man” and “The Hurt Locker.” (That last film isn’t eligible for the Spirit Awards, where it was nominated for two awards last year.) (Gotham Independent Film Awards)

Yahoo! Movies has rehearsal footage form “Nine.” Rehearsal footage very artfully edited and combined with sequences from the film to convince us that we’re all going to love Rob Marshall‘s movie. It’s impressive. Probably no more indicative of the final product than any trailer … but impressive.